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Allen's reflections on the tin whistle of Loni's grandfather McCarthy
The personal website of Allen and Loni Hackworth is a quiet corner of the internet where original poetry, prose, family chronologies, and archival records sit…
The Tidwell Farm Ledger of the 1920s: Expenses, Harvests and Daily Life
A small softcover book sits among the scanned papers held on the Hackworth family site, its pages filled with close columns of figures, faded pencil, and the…
Decoding McCarthy Surname Variations in Passenger Lists for Genealogy Research
The Irish surname McCarthy and its many spelling variants present one of the more persistent puzzles in family history research, particularly when working…
Samuel Telford 1833-1902: An Obituary in Family and Historical Context
When an obituary from 1902 survives into the present, it stops being merely a death notice and becomes a historical artefact. The text recording the passing of…
The South family's prayer book and the verse it whispered
When Allen Hackworth uncovered a small leather-bound prayer book tucked inside a cedar chest at his grandmother's property, he did not anticipate that the…
Crafting a Family History Book with Free Online Tools
When Loni began assembling a keepsake for her mother-in-law's seventieth birthday, she had a cardboard folder of birth certificates, a stack of faded snapshots…
Tracing Brighton Family Church Affiliations in Indiana
A family’s religious history rarely follows a single straight line. For the Brighton family in Indiana, church affiliation is best understood through a…
The day we found the hidden loft in the old Tidwell barn
Some family discoveries begin with a letter, a faded photograph, or a name written in an old Bible. Ours began with a loose board, a cloud of dust, and Loni…
Reading the McCarthy wedding portrait from 1898
A wedding photograph can preserve far more than the appearance of a bride and groom. It may record clothing, manners, studio practice, family relationships,…
Using Cemetery Records to Confirm Brighton Burial Sites
Cemetery records can turn a family story into a defensible identification. A death notice may name Brighton, while a headstone, burial register, or cemetery…